The Medium Gamble

To be honest, when I originally wrote an essay that Medium Should Pay All Authors, I never expected it to happen. I was convinced that the arbitrary number of 100 followers was a barrier that Medium wouldn’t remove — and yet, they did. Instead, following along the likes of Twitter (now known as “X”, which is a whole other kettle of fish), Medium has decided that everyone can get paid for the Partner Program — if you subscribe to Medium itself, for the low…